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161 J O E F Y Page numbers in italics refer to illustrations. accidents, 70–71, 131 Allegheny & Westmoreland RR, 116–19, 118, 120 Allegheny Mountain, 129; construction on, 56, 74, 143; tunnel, 73, 99, 116, 141, 142 Allenvale, Pa., 122, 144 American Construction Co.: contracts, 52, 65–66, 68–69, 91, 98–99; lawsuit vs., 88–89; letterhead, 149; purpose of, 47–48, 50–51; Vanderbilt and, 109. See also Kent, George H. Atlantic & Great Western RR, 13 auction sale, SPRR, 119 Baer, George F., 110, 111 Bagaley, Ralph, 41, 46; Carnegie debate, 26–27; history of, 44–45, 152n6:8; P&LE, 47; syndicate and, 87–89, 97, 98, 106; Vanderbilt and, 106 Baltimore & Ohio RR, 59, 63; Demmler Station, 148; Gosnell, E. L., 156n13:8; King, T. M., 154n10:4; P&WRR and, 37; PRR and, 10–13, 114–15; S&C branch, 69, 70, 71; SPRR and, 82, 115–20, 126; squatters on, see Pittsburgh, Westmoreland & Somerset RR; subsidiaries, 116–19, 117 bankers, 1865, 17, 26 Barker, O. F., 153n8:5 Barnes, Oliver Weldon: career of, 31, 32, 100; reports by, 57–58, 59–60, 75, 90–91; ruling grades, 56; Sayre and, 43, 83, 85. See also surveys, Barnes’ Barnes, Reon, 30, 31–32, 51; shares held by, 41, 109; and W&HRW, 55–56 Bedford & Bridgeport RR, 95–96, 97–98, 101, 111, 141 Bedford & Western RR, 116–18, 120 Bedford County, lawsuits, 38 Beech Creek RR, 77, 79, 79–80, 101, 102–105; Morgan, J. P. and, 93–95, 95, 96 Big Fill, 126 Billings, Frederick, 20 Blair, William R., 119–20 Blue Mountain, 72, 99, 138 Bond, Hugh T., 119 Breckenridge & Cramer, 67–68 bridges, SPRR, 59. See also Susquehanna bridges Broad Top coal feeders, 55 Brookman, H. D., 43 Burnt Cabins, 55, 59, 138 Byers-Allen Lumber Co., 121 Callery, James, 37 Cambria Iron Co., 69, 153n8:5 canal system, 1834, 15 Index 162 Carnegie, Andrew, 23, 24; Beech Creek RR and, 105–106; contracts with, 64, 68–69, 98; Frick and, 155n12:11; investments by, 44; oppositions of, 86, 96–97; Roberts and, 98, 102, 108–109; signature of, 41, 98; temper of, 67, 69, 108–109 Cassatt, A. J., 114 Cassidy, Lewis, 101 Chestnut Ridge, 57, 60, 83–84, 153n7:10 Clement, F. H., 72–74, 154n8:9 Clymer, Edward M., 17, 151n2:5 coal: business, 35, 44, 75, 76; feeders, 55, 77, 79–80 Collins Brothers, 72 “Committee of Five,” 48, 83, 153n6:10 competition, railroad: for “Narrows,” 31, 38; overview of, 4–6, 8; Reading RR, 9–10, 26; for southern route, 36–38. See also monopolies ; Pennsylvania RR, rivalries construction: costs, 99; cuts, rock, 74, 122, 138, 143, 144, 146, 147; earliest, 38; fills, 71, 105, 125, 138, 143, 146; footage of, 99; progress, 1885, 74; by PW&S, 121–24; shut-down of, 98–99; stone use in, 69, 71, 72, 104, 146, 147 (see also culverts, stone); strategy, 65; ties for, 91; tools used, 74, 124. See also accidents; grades, mountain contractor payments, 47 contractors, 66–69, 72–74, 123–24 Corsair agreement, 94–98, 95, 101 couplers, link-and-pin, 125 CSX Transportation, 69, 71, 146 culverts, stone, 138, 139 Cumberland Valley RR, 14–15, 87, 112, 120, 138 Davis, Henry Gassaway, 44, 85 Depew, Chauncey, 81; Morgan, J. P. and, 93–94, 95 Dimock, Henry F., 48, 109 directors, SPRR: 1881, 30–31; 1883, 51; 1885, 87; 1890, 109 division point, 57–58 Donegal, Pa., 58–59, 74, 145, 146, 147 Duncannon, Landisburg & Broad Top RR, 16 East Broad Top RR, 55 Edgemont, Md., 57 Elkins, Stephen B., 43, 44, 85, 154n10:4 engineers. See Clement, F. H.; Miller, J. I.; Sayre, R. H.; Shank, Wm. H.; Shunk, Wm. F.; Sickels, T. E.; surveys; Worrall, J. engines: Consolidations, 63, 64, 123; Heisler, 122; multiples uphill, 56, 63; Norris, 1866, 8; PRR 1880’s, 6; SPRR, 63–64; West Shore, 22, 23; WM, 107 facilities, SPRR, 91, 112, 134 Fall Brook Coal Co., 76 Felton, S. M., 153n8:5 fencing, 59 finances, SPRR, 29, 31–32; bonds, 51; costs, 59–60, 99; investors’ agreements, 39–41, 40, 41, 87–88; payments, traffic, 35; PRR takeover of, 94–98, 110–11; stocks, 31, 109, 112. See also Bedford & Bridgeport RR; South Penn syndicate Firth, Frank, 22 foreclosure sale, SPRR, 119 freight business, 75 Frick, Henry Clay: buyout, 97, 98; Carnegie and, 44, 108, 155n12:11; Port Perry and, 86. See also St. Clair Coke works Fulton, Bedford & Somerset RR, 120, 121, 126 Fulton County, 126, 139 Garrett...

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